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Docs: Wireless devices can harm pregnancies
Lindsay Kalter, bostonherald.com, 2 July 2015
Doctors and researchers from Boston to Sydney are sounding the alarm on the potential risks of using wireless devices during pregnancy, calling for a closer look at technology they say could have serious long-term consequences for unborn babies.
More than 100 signatures appear on the notice issued yesterday by The BabySafe Project, a joint initiative of two environmental health non-profit organizations, urging pregnant women to reduce their exposure to wireless radiation emitted by products like cellphones and Wi-Fi routers.
“The basic reality is, we don’t know the consequences,” said Dr. Aviva Romm, one of the doctors who signed the warning and specializes in obstetrics in Western Massachusetts. “While pregnant women can’t avoid these things entirely because we’re living in a sea of it, they can minimize it.”
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Lindsay Kalter, bostonherald.com, 2 July 2015
Doctors and researchers from Boston to Sydney are sounding the alarm on the potential risks of using wireless devices during pregnancy, calling for a closer look at technology they say could have serious long-term consequences for unborn babies.
More than 100 signatures appear on the notice issued yesterday by The BabySafe Project, a joint initiative of two environmental health non-profit organizations, urging pregnant women to reduce their exposure to wireless radiation emitted by products like cellphones and Wi-Fi routers.
“The basic reality is, we don’t know the consequences,” said Dr. Aviva Romm, one of the doctors who signed the warning and specializes in obstetrics in Western Massachusetts. “While pregnant women can’t avoid these things entirely because we’re living in a sea of it, they can minimize it.”